The tones from the Balkans are booming: one of the most daring experiments is the Shukar Collective with the three Roma musicians Napoleon, already well-known from Taraf de Haïdouks, Tamango and Clasic, as its musical core
The tones from the Balkans are booming: one of the most daring experiments is the Shukar Collective with the three Roma musicians Napoleon, already well-known from Taraf de Haïdouks, Tamango and Clasic, as its musical core. With husky vocals and staccato shouts of encouragement, combined with the rhythms of archaic instruments such as spoons, shallow hand-held and wooden drums, they keep the music of the Ursari, the bear-taming tribe, alive. This tradition is brought into the here and now by a funky electronic team, including DJ Vasile, admired throughout Europe. The idea behind the Shukar Collective is to re-orchestrate folksy pieces with modern technology and methods, without denying their provenance and originality.
